Swallows and Sauté Pans

By Silver Spun Sand

Wed, 19 Mar 2014
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We were in the field, picking
the first of the spring greens,
when overhead – the whoosh of wings.
 
Wild geese, with their clipped cries;
the shape of their beaks chiselling 
the skies...
 
evening dripping from the trees
and in the pan – the leaves
of our picking, turn an even deeper
shade of green, 
 
even though, presently,
they are more dead
than alive.
 
And we know we, too, are dying;
growing older every day – never  
to be young again.  
 
And then,
you ask me to, please, pass the salt;
delicious, they tasted...those fresh, 
spring greens 
 
as we sat there, lapping up 
the impermanence
of it all; 
 
the sunset, the snowfall, the rainbow,
the first sighting of swallows...the
total eclipse.  
 
Not fade away,
didn’t someone once say?
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Comments

Submitted by HarryC on

Heart-breaking, Tina.  It's all I can say.
 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Thanks, Stan.  Muchly.

 

 

Submitted by catherine poarch on

I think this is beautiful. As usual you swoop effortlessly from those things above us to what's on the table before us! 

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

So glad you think that, catherine, and good of you to tell me.  Thank yousmiley

Tina

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Much enjoyed, Tina. and it has a lovely flow to the words and the interwoven thoughts. Rhiannon
 

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Good morning, Rhiannon, and I hope it is, for you.

Your words brightened my day. Thank you for them.

Tina

 

Submitted by Bee on

Heavy when those thoughts come but better shared together over the fruits of a days labour. Finding beauty in the ordinary makes life so worth while at the end of the day.

Bee

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Yes, indeed, Bee.  It is the sharing makes all the difference.  Your words, all of them, so very true.

Tina

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Tina

Lovely poem. I like the idea of evening dripping from the trees.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Thanks, Jean.  Pleased you likedsmiley

Tina

 

Submitted by Starfish Girl on

Lovely simple images that we can all relate to.

Thank you.

Lindy

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Hi there, Lindy.  Pleased it struck a chord with yousmiley

Tina